You Could Leave Life Right Now

Montrealais69 · 2018-02-02T03:14:17+00:00

Yes, life is short; but after it is over, it's over. If there are a few things you failed to accomplish during your life, if items on your "bucket list" have not been checked off, when you die it's done. It's not like you will be sitting for eternity in some holding cell regretting all the things you didn't do; nor will you will reminiscing about all the wonderful things you did accomplish. You will have ceased to exist, and whatever you did or did not do will have no effect on you.

This of course assumes the absence of any afterlife. If you believe in an afterlife, such as that propounded by the various varieties of Christianity, then "this life" only has importance insofar as it determines you status in the next. If you believe in this, then your primary focus in this life ought to be preparing for the next, as this life is but a mere "blip" in time compared to eternity.

Epictetus2017 · 2018-02-02T00:52:02+00:00

I will not get into detail, but I was nearly killed twice in the last month. Both situations were the result of predatory sociopathic people seeking profit and dominance. Not accident or random chance. And I suffered serious setbacks as a result.

Those experiences changed how I viewed myself and my problems. It's easy to agonize over long term plans, and small details. Career climbing, women, money management, or expectations of others.

Then chaos shows up and suddenly those orderly problems are very far away and unimportant.

Chaos can take many forms.

It's a cold eyed man you never met wielding a knife. Or an oncoming bus driven by a coked up driver. Or a poison in a passed drink.

It's a beautiful twenty four year old virgin who married up successfully. Only to realize her handsome, wealthy husband is a whoremonger once the knot was tied.

It is a self made father making millions of dollars and buying his beloved teenage son a Mercedes convertible. Then the kid wraps it around a telephone pole with his girlfriend in the passenger seat.

It's karmic retribution for past actions. Life is not fair. It's nasty, brutish and short. The only justice found is in the internal meaning one brings to their own life.

Worthy of thought.

williamwilliam2 · 2018-02-01T18:47:51+00:00

Good reason why I've planned to spend Saturday playing video games with my 14 yr old son while my wife is out of town. Enjoy life!

DominicWelch · 2018-02-01T15:42:10+00:00

The book of Ecclesiastes is the final word on this Earthly life. Life is but a vapor.

Metalgear222 · 2018-02-01T20:25:20+00:00

Good short post. Marcus' teachings are timeless and they show his real understanding of reaching self-actualization as a man.

Title	You Could Leave Life Right Now
Author	kibbehorh
Upvotes	60
Comments	23
Date	February 1, 2018 2:39 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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